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Rotary Responds With Supporting Ukraine Where Most Needed
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 5:47 am | Rotary New Zealand
Rotary New Zealand is working directly with Rotary Ukraine and being supported by a number of the Ukraine Assns. of New Zealand. Personal contact is made through an interpreter. Rotary has a network of 62 clubs throughout the Ukraine with ... More >>
Rotary's Timely Response To Tonga
Monday, 31 January 2022, 3:04 pm | Rotary New Zealand
As weeks pass by, the Volcano and Tsunami that devasted Tonga on 15 January 2022 will be overtaken by new events for the media to report. Only two weeks after the event, it is already noticeable with little or no reporting evident. Pre Covid, ... More >>
Celebrating 100 Years Of Rotary In New Zealand
Saturday, 26 June 2021, 4:50 pm | Rotary New Zealand
Last evening (Friday 25 June), Rotarians from all over New Zealand gathered at Kiri Te Kanawa Auditorium, Aotea Centre, Auckland, to celebrate Rotary’s New Zealand centenary. The large-scale public event – ‘Rotary 100 Year Centennial Showcase’ ... More >>
Rotary New Zealand Responds To Cyclone Yasa, Fiji
Wednesday, 23 December 2020, 6:48 pm | Rotary New Zealand
Prepositioned Rotary Emergency Response Kits in Labasa and Suva were amongst the first items of support that communities on the island of Vanua Levu have received following Cyclone Yasa’s destructive forces on 17 December. Vanua Levu ... More >>
Rotary Encourages Giving Tuesday to be a Sharing Tuesday
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 10:25 am | Rotary New Zealand
Today, 3 December 2019 has been designated “Giving Tuesday”. Maybe it should more suitably be “Sharing Tuesday”. The needs of people throughout the world continue to be unprecedented. Thankfully, it is human nature that people generally ... More >>
Concerns at changes to Overseas Development Assistance
Tuesday, 18 June 2019, 2:09 pm | Rotary New Zealand
“Recent changes in Government Overseas Development Assistance ODA and its support of New Zealand International NGO’s is of concern” says Rotary’s Stuart Batty. Prior to past Foreign Affairs Minister Murry McCully taking office, about eight of ... More >>
Rotary New Zealand responds to Cyclone Gita
Tuesday, 13 February 2018, 10:56 am | Rotary New Zealand
Rotary New Zealand in collaboration with Rotary Tonga, and other trusted partners in the region has launched an appeal for cash donations to provide practical support for families affected by Cyclone Gita. More >>
Rotary NZ World Community Service And Giving Tuesday
Thursday, 23 November 2017, 1:32 pm | Rotary New Zealand
Rotary New Zealand World Community Service And Giving Tuesday Rotary New Zealand’s World Community Service is mindful of annual Giving Tuesday, this year 28 November 2017, another day when the public have an opportunity to make a donation to a charity. ... More >>
World Polio Day
Tuesday, 17 October 2017, 3:03 pm | Rotary New Zealand
World Polio Day is marked on 24 October each year. Polio (also known as poliomyelitis) is a highly contagious disease caused by a virus that attacks the nervous system resulting in the majority of cases with severe paralysis to the limbs. To date in ... More >>
ROTARY synonymous with GIVING TUESDAY
Thursday, 24 November 2016, 2:35 pm | Rotary New Zealand
Rotary New Zealand World Community Service and Giving Tuesday are synonymous. This year celebrated for the fifth time next Tuesday 29 November 2016, Giving Tuesday supports the potential of social media and the generosity of people in New Zealand ... More >>
An Undaunting Prospect
Monday, 29 February 2016, 12:01 pm | Rotary New Zealand
The reality is Cyclone Winston will most likely, in time, be recorded as the worst Pacific Disaster ever in terms of property loss and loss of livelihoods. Direct contact with Rotary and other NGO’s in Fiji would confirm this. Cyclone Winston has been ... More >>
Nigeria Declared Polio-Free
Monday, 28 September 2015, 10:19 am | Rotary New Zealand
The World Health Organization announced today that Nigeria is no longer polio endemic. This is the first time that Nigeria has interrupted transmission of wild poliovirus, bringing the country and the African region closer than ever to being certified polio-free. More >>
Olympic Gold Medalist to Work with Manawatu Youngsters
Thursday, 9 July 2015, 8:46 pm | Rotary New Zealand
Youth Plus, a division of the Palmerston North Rotary Club, is delighted to confirm that Kiwi Gold medalist Hamish Carter will be visiting the city on 30 July 2015 to talk to Manawatu young people More >>
Cyclone Pam - Vanuatu – Bulletin No. 5
Friday, 17 April 2015, 11:49 am | Rotary New Zealand
All 1000 Rotary Emergency Response Kits have now been distributed in Vanuatu. Rotary New Zealand is indebted in its partnership on this occasion with World Vision who provided the logistics and personnel in Vanuatu and included in the distribution ... More >>
Polio Eradication Closer to Reality in Africa
Thursday, 29 January 2015, 12:03 pm | Rotary New Zealand
Rotary New Zealand is pleased to announce significant milestones in Rotary International’s Partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More >>
Rotary New Zealand's Giving Tuesday
Sunday, 30 November 2014, 11:32 am | Rotary New Zealand
Rotary New Zealand is joining with other charitable organisations who are calling on the public to consider those around the world who will benefit from this year’s GIVING TUESDAY - 2 DECEMBER 2014 More >>
Speech to Polio NZ Inc. Wednesday 15 October 2014
Thursday, 16 October 2014, 9:54 am | Rotary New Zealand
It is significant that Polio NZ Inc have chosen to celebrate the 25th Jubilee in October for two reasons. More >>
World Polio Day - 24th October 2014
Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 10:52 am | Rotary New Zealand
24th October 2014 designated World Polio Day by the World Health Organisation is a reminder of Rotary New Zealand’s part in the fight to eradicate polio, which would be only the second human disease to be eradicated. Only three countries (Nigeria, ... More >>
Rotary NZ responding to Fiji water and sanitation issues
Monday, 1 September 2014, 2:21 pm | Rotary New Zealand
Clean water and sanitation are vital to health. In Fiji Rotary New Zealand have been targeting 22 communities that are experiencing severe hardship mainly because they don’t have access to clean water for their drinking, cleaning and cooking needs. ... More >>
Rotary Browns Bay Announce New Community Walk
Tuesday, 26 August 2014, 3:35 pm | Rotary New Zealand
Rotary Browns Bay is thrilled to reveal the details of the first Long Bay Spring Step Out, which aims to get hundreds of people supporting local health services. More >>